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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.48.17

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 48: Bharadvāja directs Rāma to Citrakūṭa. Rāma seeks seclusion beyond the Gaṅgā–Yamunā confluence, Bharadvāja recommends the food-rich mountain

In the sequence: Bharadvāja receives him with a cow, the arghya guest-offering, and water, welcomes him, and invites them to remain at the sacred confluence

2.48.17

mṛgapakṣibhir āsīno munibhiś ca samantataḥ
rāmam āgatam abhyarcya svāgatenāha taṃ muniḥ

Seated amid beasts and birds and sages on every side, the sage, having honoured the arriving Rāma, addressed him with a word of welcome.

Words: mṛgapakṣibhir — by beasts and birds; āsīno — seated; munibhiś — by sages; ca — and; samantataḥ — on every side, all around; rāmam — Rāma; āgatam — arrived, come; abhyarcya — having honoured, worshipped; svāgatenāha — addressed with a welcome; taṃ — him; muniḥ — the sage

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki, the ādikavi of the ādikāvya: the first poet of the first poem. Sanskrit: The Vālmīki-Rāmāyaṇa: Critical Edition, Oriental Institute, Baroda, 1960–1975 (gen. eds. G. H. Bhatt, U. P. Shah); IAST from GRETIL (Göttingen). Translation and word glosses: Claude Opus 4.6–4.7; summaries and sequences: ChatGPT Astra (machine-made). Numbering follows the Critical Edition, not the vulgate (e.g. Gita Press, valmikiramayan.net), so sarga and verse numbers can differ from those editions.